| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from Sesame and Lilies by John Ruskin: vulgar mind by the use of the sonorous Latin form "damno," in
translating the Greek [Greek text which cannot be reproduced], when
people charitably wish to make it forcible; and the substitution of
the temperate "condemn" for it, when they choose to keep it gentle;
and what notable sermons have been preached by illiterate clergymen
on--"He that believeth not shall be damned;" though they would
shrink with horror from translating Heb. xi. 7, "The saving of his
house, by which he damned the world," or John viii. 10-11, "Woman,
hath no man damned thee? She saith, No man, Lord. Jesus answered
her, Neither do I damn thee: go and sin no more." And divisions in
the mind of Europe, which have cost seas of blood, and in the
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The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from Betty Zane by Zane Grey: could possibly present itself in such a large encampment. He set his teeth
hard and resolved to show the red devils how a white man could die.
Several speeches were made by different chiefs and then an impressive oration
by Big Tree. At the conclusion of the speeches, which were in an unknown
tongue to Isaac, Cornplanter handed a war-club to Half Town. This chief got
up, walked to the end of the circle, and there brought the club down on the
ground with a resounding thud. Then he passed the club to Big Tree. In a
solemn and dignified manner every chief duplicated Half Town's performance
with the club.
Isaac watched the ceremony as if fascinated. He had seen a war-club used in
the councils of the Hurons and knew that striking it on the ground signified
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